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1.00pm

Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival: Family Poems with Michael Rosen

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Tickets

£12 adults, £10 children

A 9% booking fee applies online and over the phone. A £2.50 postage fee is charged where applicable.

Suitable for ages 6+

Main hall

An afternoon of poetry and stories with Michael Rosen, one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. The event includes a Q&A, and will be followed by a book signing.


Michael Rosen has published in the region of 200 books for children and adults, including The Sad Book with Quentin Blake (Walker Books) – a meditation on bereavement written after the loss of his son, Eddie; We’re Going on a Bear Hunt with Helen Oxenbury  (Walker Books) – made into an animated film for Channel 4 broadcast Christmas Day 2016 -  and A Great Big Cuddle with Chris Riddell (Walker Books).

He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009, and his YouTube Channel Kids’ Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen has had over 155 million views.

Michael is also a popular broadcaster and has presented BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed programme about language, Word of Mouth since 1998, as well as regularly presenting documentary programmes for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3, including the Sony Gold Award-winning On Saying Goodbye.  He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches an MA in Children’s Literature.